Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1984 No. 351 AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 10

10. Regulations 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 of the Principal Regulations are
repealed and the following regulation is substituted: Review of decisions

"22. (1) Where-

   (a)  the Minister makes a decision refusing to cause an applicant referred
        to in sub-regulation 5 (4) to be registered as an Australian protected
        person; or

   (b)  the Minister or a person authorized by the Minister in accordance with
        sub-regulation 7C (1) makes a decision approving the cancellation of
        an entry in the register referred to in paragraph 7C (2) (a), the
        Minister or person authorized, as the case requires, shall, by notice
        in writing given not later than 30 days after the date of the
        decision, inform the person or persons whose interests are affected by
        the decision of the making of the decision and of the grounds for the
        decision.

"(2) An application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for
review of a decision referred to in sub-regulation (1).

"(3) A notice referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall include a statement to
the effect that, subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975,
application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of
the decision to which the notice relates by or on behalf of a person whose
interests are affected by the decision.

"(4) A failure to comply with the requirements of sub-regulation (3) in
relation to a decision shall not be taken to affect the validity of the
decision.".